White scored on a power play in the first period and Wallin extended the lead early in the third period as the Sharks put together two of their best back-to-back games to jump on top of the Red Wings for the second straight year.

The determined Sharks have won 10 of 12 games against Detroit.

Jimmy Howard was again strong in goal for the Red Wings, making 35 saves, but he got little help from his teammates. The Red Wings hope to change their fortunes when the series shifts to Detroit for Games 3 and 4 starting Wednesday night.

The Red Wings got a power-play goal from Henrik Zetterberg with 6:02 remaining, but couldn't net the equalizer.